Soon to be new guy

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He's been sitting in this very crappy place with no heat source for God only knows how long. He/she even had another snake in the enclosure which unfortunately passed away a couple weeks ago. I don't think it's ever been taken out other than for moving and cleaning. Not a lot of muscle, it's just squishy. I've been cleaning these snakes for the past few months, I just started truly interacting with this guy after the "buddy" died and I had to take him out for a mass enclosure clean, I've been incredibly intimidated by them due to the lack of handling, so I never messed with them, plus I've been struck at a bunch. Finally the person is getting rid of the snakes, for free I might add, but the enclosure with him is a hundred bucks. It's an old AP enclosure I believe, so not bad. It's due for a good scrub down when I finally take this guy home.

Overall he's chilling out. I've not been struck at out of the enclosure, but I've recieved some major huffs and intimidating stares, I still don't really trust moving my hand anywhere near his head or anything, but we'll be good buds I'm sure. 😁

Can't wait to get him out and moving around more often so he can muscle up, and to give him a better life.


Bonus photos of my boa:
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Thanks for being such an awesome hobbyist

Congrats on the nice new addition Fraido! ;)

Thanks guys. :3 I'm excited to get him home, unfortunately I can't do that until the end of June, but still! I've always wanted a Blood, he's a Borneo, but same difference! ... I still want a Blood, though. 😊 I should ask if this if this guy's actually a guy... and how old he is.

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It's great that you are rescuing this snake and I'm sure he/she is very thankful. [emoji106]


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So amazing and congratulations!! I can see why you would be a bit intimidated but I bet over time he will calm right down and trust you completely. Get some muscle on the gorgeous reptile!

Awesome! More pics when you get him home.


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When I first take him out of the enclosure I can already see improvement, and I've only had him pit just a few times! He used to endlessly huff and puff when I hooked him (maybe one day I'll be able to just reach in and get 'im, but that is not any time soon LOL) and he'd move away and half sorta flail his fat body around. When I took him out for that first photo I had zero protest from him. Not even a huff.

I really expected a much stronger snake the first time I got him out, because I expected this snake of pure muscle like the big boas, but he is so easy to handle even when he's being difficult. Maybe I'll shove him in a little tree and really make him have a good workout, haha. 😁 Him and me both will be musclin' up this summer, I'm getting a little squishy as well. 😶

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Maybe I'll shove him in a little tree and really make him have a good workout, haha. [emoji16] Him and me both will be musclin' up this summer, I'm getting a little squishy as well. [emoji55]

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Haha you can be workout buddies [emoji39]


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Lol, we all need a workout buddy! Animals over people any day. 😄

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Awesome! More pics when you get him home.


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Oops, didn't see this. Absolutely! I'm glad it'll be nice and toasty outside, we can go and get some nice outside photos while we freak out the neighbours. 😛

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Great work and nice pickup! Be sure to quarantine the blood for safety. :)

Does it count that I do his daily care and stuff every day? Lol I'll be seeing him every day up until I take him home, and I've seen him for the past few months. No issues.

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Does it count that I do his daily care and stuff every day? Lol I'll be seeing him every day up until I take him home, and I've seen him for the past few months. No issues.

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Well, he is still a new addition to the enviornment where you house your boa, correct? Quarantine between boas and pythons should be intensive. I think you have more of a grasp on his health than if he was just purchased or brought in but it can't hurt to be cautious. He does look like a healthy specimen but looks may be decieving.

Correct. I haven't been the most careful, since I handle him and the numerous other snakes at that place, and then come home to my boa. I'll have to figure out the best I can do for Quarantine, a separate room at my place I think will be the best I can do.

I think what I'm going to do is when I first bring him home, that will be the only time I really mess with him for the next couple months. He'll get a super clean, I'll take some photos, and set him back up in another room, only cleaning and feeding until QT is done with, washing up after doing anything with him.

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Very Nice

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Somehow I missed this thread. Congrats on your Blood! He's good looking.

Good shots of your Boa too! I love that last pic of it on your knee or shoulder?

Good job on taking him in and giving him another chance. Also cute boa pics thanks for sharing.

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I think what I'm going to do is when I first bring him home, that will be the only time I really mess with him for the next couple months. He'll get a super clean, I'll take some photos, and set him back up in another room, only cleaning and feeding until QT is done with, washing up after doing anything with him.

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That ought to do the trick nicely. A big bonus is these don't poop often so you won't have many chances to contaminate your cleaning gear. Just be sure to tend to the new guy last for feeding and watering duty.

Thanks guys. 😄 That is my knee in that last photo with the boa, Reinz. 😛

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That ought to do the trick nicely. A big bonus is these don't poop often so you won't have many chances to contaminate your cleaning gear. Just be sure to tend to the new guy last for feeding and watering duty.

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Awesome, and absolutely! ☺

Soooo, I ended up actually taking him and setting him up in QT a couple days after I posted this! I've decided since I've been around him and cared for him the last five months, I'm going to bring him up to my room tomorrow. That gave him a month in QT here, in addition to the months I've cared for him, I feel confident he is healthy. Pics to come!

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Exciting! Can't wait to see pics :D

Too bad it wasn't a sunny day, today. Took the two snakes out. 😊http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...755dbeacb8.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...3f4c42622a.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...b98badaf76.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...1f76017730.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f8f7ffc2fe.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...c6c4accb90.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a6d72cbc98.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...678ac0d159.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...50adfcc458.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...d8e3ae1e89.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...89a201e8a0.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...71b80d3774.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...80be4e4ac5.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...cbeb7ee6a7.jpg

Thanks for posting. These are great. I especially love the first two and the one of them both on the towel (like they are having a snake picnic)


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Wow it sure is a big one...looks like it's almost as wide as your foot! Love the periscope pictures! Your original boa is so gorgeous - I love the mustache <3

He (I'm just gonna go with that) is a pretty hefty guy, but he's surprisingly light! Not to mention super chill, though I still avoid putting my hand near his face intentionally, and when I pick him up I keep it pretty low.. Lol but not too low since the head and the tail are almost equally aggravating spots to mess around with.

He's the first snake I've interacted with that actually periscoped!

I love boa 'staches. 😊

It's interesting to compare how he moves to how my boa moves, it may just be because he's a lot bigger, but he appears to have to put a lot of effort into slithering across the ground. You can see the muscles working hard, whereas my boa moves effortlessly and it's like she doesn't have to use her muscles at all! I think it's probably a mix of being big and being a squishy ball of snake fat rather than a hefty tube of snake muscle.

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Love the pics, especially the periscopes!

I agree, staches are cool. :)

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Nice pictures. Thanks.


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Always a joy seeing your boas, Reinz! 😀

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I worry sometimes that my boa is a little thin? http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ad34972e43.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...587cdcf3b4.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...9af49e550d.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...00ffe871f2.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...854adad847.jpg

Oh and here's the phatty! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...17057d4359.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...009f8b54be.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a82dc10215.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...500453dd59.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...45ed65a0f5.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...11d8627925.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...52d1f8247c.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a5e497d6f3.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...640264842a.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...ba05b8ecf6.jpg

And one photo of the boa.:p

He sure seems like a cool snake. :)

He is! I really like him. I am a lot more confident handling him, now. He is so chill.

Today I got swarmed by a bunch of young children while we were outside and they really liked the snakes. I was surprised.

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That's great about the kids!

:sarcasm: Sounds like they weren't properly educated with extreme hatred by their parents yet.

Glad you got to them first! :)

Rofl! I baited all those children to my yard, I knew my chance was upon me, now some children will live their lives LOVING snakes! Muahahahah

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On a more serious note *I* was personally somewhat nervous, I know my boa girl is fine, but not 100% sure about the big guy.. and of course they wanted to be so close and they were always near his head, I would be responsible if a kid got bit and that just wouldn't be cool for the hobby overall, so I kept my hand just under his head so I could guide him. Anxiety.. lol. I really don't like kids, actually. 😶

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Should I be feeding this guy similar to the boa? That's what I've been doing, my boa is eating mediums every other week, so I've been giving this guy mediums as well (but every week). I thought, well they're smaller, but it would be fine if I'm feeding every week, then I realized I'm still treating it as though it's a boa.. should I go for larges and should I be doing every week, every other week.. or what? What do most people feed their adult borneos!?

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Anybody wanna take a guess with this sneak peek? I was just messing around with his tail and realized I could half sort of pop it, not really though. I don't think you'll get anything from the photo, lol.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...dfbfe54464.jpgI read somewhere that the males are more vascular than the females.

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Gosh, I really love this guy.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...688e3bbbae.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...653caa8aea.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...f1f6c52eb1.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...cff60f8ee2.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a00417da70.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...35c9058281.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...8a5f249038.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...935e6ac1aa.jpg

He is amazing! So glad you are enjoying him, thanks for all the pics


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Always happy to take photos of him. 😀

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Felt his teeth in my skin for the first time today, not nice.

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OH NO! What happened and are you okay?? I've really enjoyed looking at the pictures of your big phatty boy and I showed my boyfriend last night and he said wow that girl is so tiny for that big snake hope she never gets tagged..... :( I'm SO sorry he jinxed you!

I didn't get tagged, we had a cat/snake situation. Cat came in while I wasn't looking, got grabbed, had to pry the snake off. I know prying their mouth off isn't good, but in a situation like that my kitty takes priority. So I've got a lot of scratches from the phatty's teeth all over my fingers! Also got a good puncture from kitty's tooth, which I had to go to the hospital for and get antibiotics. Fun fun! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...b16349dfb6.jpghttp://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...a77867e213.jpg

Oh man! What a situation :O Glad you and kitty are OK and phatty is fine too. Super happy it wasn't a bite because phatty seems too sweet for that. Your poor finger but I guess it could have been A LOT worse. Thanks for sharing the story.

Yes, it could have been a lot worse! I hate to think about what would have happened if I wasn't RIGHT there, my poor Nugget. She got bit right on the chin, she's lucky it wasn't up higher, thankfully she is eating still, yummy wet food! It wouldn't have been so bad if it was a defensive bite, but clearly he was hungry and Nugget was getting too close to his face. Can't blame the animals, though. All my fault for not paying attention! But, in Phatty's defense, I recently switched him to every other week as opposed to every week, and yesterday would have been feeding day so he was hungry.

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https://www.minnpost.com/second-opin...yo-study-finds Found this interesting read regarding cat bites... so far mine has not gotten better after 24 hours, the side of my finger with the punctures is redder than it was when I went to sleep (which by the way I got very little of due to the discomfort/pain). Hand is still swollen and hurts, still can't straighten or bend my ring finger. You can see the yellow at the puncture, so that pus sign of infection, and there's a weird blister on my finger.http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...bd77e7637a.jpg
The swollen part of my hand is actually red as well. All the swollen areas are also warm to the touch. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...38bca126ff.jpg

Reading that study makes me wonder if I'm going to need surgery on my hand, lol.

Gosh I never realized how serious a cat bite can be. Please keep a close eye on it and don't hesitate to go back to the hospital especially after reading that article! Thank gosh your little Nugget is alright and eating and seeming good after that traumatic experience <3

If the swelling and redness has not reduced, or it looks even worse, by tomorrow morning then I'm going to go back in! It's definitely not a nice feeling, that's for sure. I pretty well can't use that hand! If I hold it too low it hurts. Ugh So annoying. I'm trying to hold off from taking anything aside from the antibiotics, I don't like taking Tylenol or Advil or anything.. starting to think I'm fighting a losing battle in regards to that!

Thankfully the hospital is only a one minute walk away! Lol

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